The Berlin police have banned a meeting planned for Monday entitled “Remembrance Day for Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Prisons” in Mitte. The police said the holding of replacement events was also prohibited on Monday in Berlin.
According to the assessment of the assembly authority, there is an immediate danger that the demonstration will result in inflammatory, anti-Semitic calls, glorification of violence, the conveying of a readiness to use violence and thus intimidation and acts of violence. This assessment is based on the experience of the past few years and the more recent past as well as on further knowledge and the preparation of a forecast, it said.
Only at the weekend did the police ban two pro-Palestinian demonstrations on similar grounds. The bans, some of which also occupied the Berlin courts, were checked by numerous police forces.
Most recently, anti-Jewish slogans were said to have been shouted at a demonstration on Holy Saturday in Berlin-Neukölln. The police state security determined because of sedition. The Berlin police had recently been criticized for not stopping a Palestinian demonstration on Holy Saturday. According to observers, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans were shouted.
According to the organization democ, video material from the rally in Neukölln and Kreuzberg was posted online. Several people filed complaints. (tsp)
